Unit III Art Gallery: Visual Elements
Art ON War landscapes
Why Art forms of war landscapes
War landscapes represent not only just history but also passion and determination.
Most researchers and art enthusiasts agree that historical.
Im interestedin learning the artists description of war and what they saw.
Landscape war : Introduction
Its used to document all aspects of conflict from the violence of fighting fronts.
Landscape painting has existed since 1500 .
My focus will be on war around the world from 1400 to 1800.
Harry Dix, War Landscape, ca. 1940-1949, gouache and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.33
Paolo Uccello, The Battle of San Romano, c. 1438–40
Albrecht Altdorfer, The Battle of Alexander at Issus, 1529
Diego Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda, 1634-1635
Peter Paul Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638-1639
John Singleton Copley, The Death of Major Peirson, 1783
References
Saunders, R. H. (1990). Genius and Glory: John Singleton Copley's" The Death of Major Peirson". American Art Journal, 22(3), 5-39.
LEVY, B. S., SHAHI, G. S., & LEE, C. (1997). Consequences of War. War and Public Health, 51.
Moffitt, J. F. (1982). Diego Velázquez, Andrea Alciati and the Surrender of Breda. Artibus et Historiae, 75-90.
Hammond, N. G. L. (1998). The genius of Alexander the Great. The University of North Carolina Press.
Griffiths, G. (1978). The Political Significance of Uccello's Battle of San Romano. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 313-316.